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Flickr: Jean-François ChénierIt happens to all of us. Wake up too late to shower. Deodorant lets us down. Maybe even step in some dog crap. But from time to time EVERYONE stinks! Now imagine reeking ALL the time! And I’m not talking about body order. Imagine living your entire life ALWAYS stinking of dead fish! It can happen. …

Source:Something Smells Fishy

People on antidepressant drugs can have impaired driving skills, a small U.S.A. study suggests. To estimate the possible impact antidepressant drugs could have on driving performance, the research squad asked sixty folks to “drive” a computerized version of a car in a course of study that mimicked real-world conditions. Read the rest of this entry »

Although most women are told to examine their breasts every month for lumps, new research confirms that the practice – on its own – may do more harm than good. Self exams, and those by healthcare providers, actually produce an increase in benign biopsies, but don’t get the patient into treatment earlier or save her life.

Experts say there is no evidence that rigorous monthly “self-examination” reduces breast cancer deaths and it can lead to unnecessary biopsies.

In fact, the often-recommended monthly chore may even do more harm than good, according to the group’s analysis of a pair of studies of nearly 400,000 Chinese and Russian women.

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The headlines on the front page of the New York Times for Monday, March 31, tell the story of Eric Hall, a 24-year-old American veteran of the war in Iraq, and about the life he led after his return home from his tour of duty. In his article “Tracking a Marine Lost at Home,” Damien Cave writes about how Mr. Hall disappeared and eventually died in the woods of Southwest Florida after experiencing a “flashback” in which he feared Iraqi insurgents were surrounding him…

Source:The Often Long Journey Home From War: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

In times past, when people kept their houses shut tight against the cold of winter, heated them with coal and oil and wood, and lighted them with candles, the coming of spring signaled a welcome opportunity to make a dingy habitation fresh again. Today, the thought of taking a day or weekend to turn our houses upside down seems a near impossibility. Who has the time?

We should make the time …

Source:Spring Cleaning: Its History and Importance

In addition to the more than 4000 American soldiers who have died in combat during the five years of fighting in Iraq, a recent Rand Corporation report estimates that an additional 300,000 soldiers have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI’s), including brief losses of consciousness, disorientation, impairments in memory and lapses in cognitive and intellectual functioning.

Source:Remembering the Soldiers Who (Literally) Can’t Remember

May 31 is World No Tobacco Day—and more and more of the world seems ready to join in the celebration.

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Source:World No-Tobacco Day: Don’t Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em